Karl Lagerfeld once joked “normally, I don’t recommend me for wedding dresses—they all get a divorce.” But at the Met Gala 2023 a long list of attendees wanted to have a moment as a Karl Lagerfeld bride (admittedly without any risk of a divorce), as the likes of Alexa Chung, Gisele Bündchen, Maya Hawke and Nicola Peltz Beckham were all inspired by his extensive bridal archive. The designer’s Chanel haute couture shows always ended with a bride and it was seen as a real honour to be selected to close the show—however, on Monday night, there was no cap on the number of Met Gala brides.
There is a long list of supermodels who have been selected in their time to be a Chanel bride, from Inès de La Fressange in the 1980s to Claudia Schiffer throughout the 1990s to Cara Delevingne and Kendall Jenner. Lagerfeld once even walked supermodel Kristen McMenamy down the aisle at her actual wedding to photographer Miles Aldridge in 1997, taking on the father of the bride role.


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Rihanna in custom Valentino

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Gisele Bündchen in Chanel

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Elle Fanning in Vivienne Westwood

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Nicola Peltz Beckham in Valentino

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Halle Bailey

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Alexa Chung in Róisín Pierce

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Alton Mason

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Dua Lipa in vintage Chanel

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Maya Hawke in Prada

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